different between eofen vs eoten

English

Noun

eofen

1. plural of eofan

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English eoten. Doublet of ettin.

Noun

eoten (plural eotens)

1. A giant from Old English literature and mythology.
   • 1834, "The National Fairy Mythology of England" in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 10, p. 53:

     The chief exploit of the hero, Beowulf the Great, is the destruction of the two monsters Grendel and his mother; both like most of the evil beings in the old times, dwellers in the fens and the waters; and both, moreover, as some Christian bard has taken care to inform us, of "Cain's kin," as were also the eotens, and the elves, and the orcs (eótenas, and ylfe, and orcneas).

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *etun, cognate with Old Norse j?tunn (Swedish jätte, Danish jætte).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?o.ten/

Noun

eoten m

1. giant, monster

Declension

Synonyms

• ent

Derived terms

• eotenis?, eotonis?

Descendants

• Middle English: eten, eotend, eatant, yoten, geten
  • English: etten, ettin, eaton
  • Scots: etin, etyn, eattin, yetin